Osinbajo urges political leaders to use position to bring change for common good

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called on political leaders to commit themselves to act collectively and individually in ways that can alter the ways things are done in Nigeria for the common good.

Osinbajo gave the advice on Thursday when he met with a delegation of the House of Representatives in his office to discuss the economy and, particularly, possible ways of taking Nigeria’s economy out of recession.

The legislators, who called on the vice-president were members of the House of Representatives Tactical Committee on Recession, led by its Chairman, Dr Bode Ayorinde.

He said leadership was a call to service.

“How many people will get this kind of opportunity we have to lead? The opportunity to serve is one that must be taken seriously and used for the common good,’’ Osinbajo said.

He said “ it is in our interest to deal with corruption.

“This is not moralising, it is an existential threat, it a survival issue; we need to address the fundamentals of that abnormality; if we do not address it, no matter what we say, things won’t work.